Chapter 189 Weird Way of Eating
Chen Huazheng followed Princess Lejia to the place she mentioned. It was indeed a place with abundant water, lush grass and gurgling streams.
The sky above is high and blue, and the gentle breeze makes people feel extremely comfortable.
Princess Lejia looked at Chen Huazheng with a smile: "How about it, Zhengzheng, I didn't lie to you."
Shen Huazheng took a breath of fresh air: “It’s really comfortable here.”
The view here is wide and the environment is beautiful. Even if you do nothing, it's very comfortable just to stay here.
Add some snacks and it’s like an outing.
"Aning, are you hungry? I brought some food."
Chen Huazheng opened the food box she brought with her and spread it out in front of Princess Lejia.
Princess Lejia looked at the food box. The first layer contained a variety of delicious and filling pastries, the second layer contained sweet and sour preserved fruits, and the third layer...
"What's this?"
Princess Lejia picked up a small wooden stick with a round object wrapped in brown paper on it.
“It’s a lollipop.”
Shen Huazheng also picked up a lollipop, peeled off the kraft paper on it, and the round and smooth pink candy ball wrapped inside appeared in front of her.
Lollipop?
Princess Lejia also peeled off the kraft paper on her lollipop. Her candy ball was also pink and round, and looked very cute.
Chen Huazheng smiled and said, "Our lollipops are all peach flavored. Aning, try one."
Princess Lejia put the lollipop into her mouth. It tasted slightly sour at first, then gradually became sweet with a light peach fragrance.
It's sweet and fragrant, and she likes this taste very much.
The two started chatting while eating lollipops.
"The wild mushrooms here are also delicious. I have tried them before. They are delicious whether they are roasted or boiled. There are also wild vegetables and fruits."
"Then we'll go pick some later."
They stayed by the stream for a while, ate their lollipops, and then went to pick some wild vegetables and wild mushrooms.
Just after taking a short break, the Shen brothers, Jiang Cheng and Zhou Ying came over.
Shen Keheng shouted happily: "Zheng'er, we shot several pheasants."
Jiang Cheng also stood aside with a smile on his face. He also had some experience in fighting these pheasants.
As soon as they arrived at the enclosure, they immediately changed their clothes and went hunting around the hunting grounds, originally wanting to see if they could catch a few rabbits for Shen Huazheng.
Unexpectedly, I didn’t encounter any rabbits, but I caught several pheasants.
Although pheasant may not be as delicious as rabbit, it is better than nothing.
The Chen Keting brothers and Jiang Cheng and others just wandered around the hunting ground. They came back immediately after hunting pheasants and did not go deep into the hunting ground.
When Zhou Ying was hunting, he happened to meet Chen Keting and his companions, and they came back together.
Chen Huazheng looked at everyone, then looked at the pheasant on the ground: "How about we have beggar's chicken for lunch?"
When everyone heard the name, they all felt it was a little strange.
"Beggar's chicken?"
“Is that what chickens do?”
Shen Huazheng nodded: "Yes, this is the name of the chicken. It is also its cooking method."
The cooking method and name of Beggar's Chicken are said to come from a beggar.
One day, a beggar got a chicken by chance. As he had no cooking utensils or seasonings, he cleaned the chicken, wrapped it in lotus leaves and yellow mud, and then cooked it over a fire.
The chicken is very fragrant after being stewed, and it becomes the famous beggar's chicken.
Shen Keheng and his companions took the chicken to the stream, cleaned it with stream water, and took out its internal organs.
Chen Huazheng marinated it with the white wine and seasonings she brought with her and set it aside.
Ordinary soil does not have strong stickiness, so Chen Huazheng asked people to dig some red soil and mix it with wine to make red mud.
The mixed red mud is wet and sticky, and has a scent of wine.
Now that there were no lotus leaves, Chen Huazheng looked around and asked someone to find some reed leaves to replace them.
Shen Keheng and his companions lit a fire, while Shen Huazheng stuffed the chickens' stomachs with the wild mushrooms and seasonings they had just picked.
She smeared the chicken all over with spices and wrapped it tightly with reed leaves. Chen Keting and others then smeared the red mud on the reed leaves, applying a thick layer.
According to Shen Huazheng's instructions, Shen Keheng dug a pit in the middle of the burned firewood, covered the bottom with red-hot charcoal, threw the chicken covered in red mud on the charcoal, and added some more charcoal on top to make the fire burn more vigorously.
The fire burned more and more fiercely, and the fragrance in the air became stronger and stronger.
While roasting the chickens, people used wooden sticks to turn the chickens over in the firewood pile to ensure that they were heated evenly.
Everyone stared at the beggar's chicken on the fire without blinking. Although the cooking method was a bit strange, the taste was so delicious! !
What's more, this is a freshly caught, killed and roasted chicken!!
Chen Huazheng estimated the time and felt that it was about time, so she knocked on the soil outside the beggar's chicken with a wooden stick.
Seeing a crack in the soil outside the Beggar's Chicken, she immediately ordered someone to turn off the fire.
The cracking of the soil means that the mud outside has burned dry, and the chicken is cooked at this time.
Just knock off the outer layer of soil and you can eat it.
The fire went out quickly, and Chen Keting and his companions pulled away the charred branches and took out the still hot beggar's chicken.
At this time, the beggar chickens have turned into fat, round bags of earth.
The crowd used thicker wooden sticks to knock open the charred earth mound, and then gently pried it along the cracks in the earth mound. Pieces of hardened soil were instantly peeled off and fell to the ground.
After the soil was peeled off, the reed leaves that had been burned into dark brown appeared before everyone's eyes.
The reed leaves exude a roasted aroma, and the chicken is wrapped in layers, which looks very tempting.
Everyone was drooling as they looked at the bulging beggar's chicken.
The reed leaves were a little hot, so the Shen brothers and Jiang Cheng used the small knife they carried with them to gently cut the leaves, and then slowly took the reed leaves off one by one.
Just as the delicious beggar's chicken was about to reveal its true appearance, a childish voice suddenly rang out:
"Sister Zheng, cousin Aning, it turns out you are the ones making the delicious food. No wonder it smells so good."
Chen Huazheng and Princess Lejia looked in the direction of the voice, looking stunned.
Xiao Jingran was seen trotting towards Shen Huazheng and the others with his short legs, followed by the prince and guards.
Everyone stood up and saluted the prince.
"No need to be so polite."
The prince stretched out his hand and gave a slight push in the air.
He looked around and his eyes slowly fell on the beggar's chicken, which still had a thin layer of reed leaves clinging to it.
"What is this?"
The intoxicating fragrance I smelled just now must have come from this thing.
Is this the food that County Lady Yinghua just prepared?
"Your Highness, this is a freshly cooked chicken called beggar's chicken."
The prince's face was calm, but his heart was already in turmoil.
Beggar's chicken? What a weird name.
But it doesn’t matter, what matters is that this thing is really delicious!!
He actually arrived at the scene when Lady Yinghua was cooking, even though his father, mother, and grandmother were not present! !
Xiao Jingran: "Sister Zheng, can Ran'er eat chicken with you?"
Shen Huazheng smiled and said, “Of course.”
She looked at the prince again: "If Your Highness doesn't mind, would you be willing to taste the chicken with me?"
The prince naturally wouldn't be disgusted, he was just waiting for this sentence.
"Thank you, County Lord."
Father, mother, I, your son, am going to eat alone for once.
Hahaha! ! !
It was already lunch time, and the prince and Xiao Jingran joined in. The Shen brothers and Jiang Cheng caught a few more fat fish.
After simply processing the fish, they lit the fire, set up the pot, and made fish soup.
As the last layer of reed leaves was peeled off, everyone subconsciously held their breath for a moment.
The beggar's chicken is fully cooked, exuding an enticing aroma, with a layer of golden oil on the surface. You can imagine its deliciousness just by looking at it.
The torn beggar's chicken is even more fragrant. If you look closely, you can smell the aroma of chicken and seasonings, the fragrance of wild mushrooms, and a faint aroma of wine.
Everyone couldn't help but swallow their saliva. Oh my God, this chicken must be so delicious.
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